Holder for displaying and mailing handkerchiefs and the like



May 4, 1943. E. E. BUNKER HOLDER FOR DISPLAYI NG AND MAILING HANDKERCHIEFS AND THE LIKE Filed June 30, 1941 y; T. Z Z 5 w Patented May 4, 1943 HOLDER FOR DISPLAYING AND MAILING HANDKERCHIEFS AND THE LIKE Elizabeth E. Bunker, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application June 30, 1941, Serial No. 400,538

1 Claim.

My invention provides an extremely simple, low-cost and highly efficient holder or envelope for displaying and mailing handkerchiefs and the like. The invention involves also an improved process or method of developing the holder.

Th holder is made from a rectangular sheet of paper preferably twice as long as it is wide. This paper sheet is folded upon itself to form the body of the holder and one flap thereof is turned obliquely back so that a triangular portion of a folded portion of a handkerchief, for example, will be exposed to full view in the device when placed on a counter or elsewhere for display purposes. Along its edges the sheet is provided with a sealing material, such as mucilage, and which adapts the holder to be readily converted into a closed envelope for mailing.

A commercial form of the device is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 shows the holder developed to the extent that it is adapted to hold a handkerchief for display purposes;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the sheet of paper from which the holder is made;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the holder sealed and ready for mailing.

The body of the envelope or holder is made from an elongated rectangular sheet of paper I that is preferably twice as long as it is wide and which is adapted to be folded on the broken line 8 of Fig. 2 so as to form a rectangular holder or envelope that is half the length of the original sheet 7. Along one longitudinal edge the sheet "I is provided with adhesive material 9 and on its other longitudinal edge the sheet is provided with perforations l0, and likewise, at its ends with lines of perforations ll. Between the perforations [0 and the extreme edge of the sheet is applied a sealing gum or adhesive material l2 and between the perforations in the extreme ends of the sheet is applied similar adhesive material 13.

As an initial step in the developing of the envelope or holder after the sheet 1 is folded on the line 8, the adhesive material along the line 9 will usually be set so as to hold the envelope in folded or doubled-over form. The top fold or half of the folded sheet is then preferably bent back and over on the broken line Id of Fig. 2' so that approximately a triangular half of the folded handkerchief l5 placed in the envelope will be exposed, as shown in Fig. 1. For ornamental purposes, the exposed surface of the triangular folded back or sub-fold of the upper half portion of the envelope may be decorated as indicated at It.

When a handkerchief is thus inserted and the device displayed, the nature and character of the handkerchief will be exposed to view and the purpose of the ornamental and convenient mailing envelope will be apparent. When a purchaser desires to mail the enclosed handkerchief, it is only necessary to moisten the adhesive edges l2 and I3, then turn down the triangular back fold of the upper sheet and adhesively connect the remaining free edges of the envelope. The envelope thus sealed will be found a very convenient and ready means for mailing. On the back of the sheet lined space for an address will preferably be marked substantially as shown in Fig. 5.

When a person receives this parcel, the opening thereof is very easily performed simply by tearing off the perforated edges of the envelope along the lines It and II. The perforated lines l0 and I I make the edges of the envelope fragile and easily removed but are amply strong for mailing purposes. i

In actual practice this device has been found highly efficient for the purposes stated.

What I claim is:

A display and mailing envelope, the body of which is a single sheet in length twice its width, folded upon itself at its central portion to form a square folded structure, the side and free ends of said sheet having marginal perforations and adhesive material applied just outside of said perforations and along the imperforate side, the over-folded half of said sheet which has perforated edges being folded back on an oblique line that intersects extreme diagonally opposite corners, thereby affording an article display device that is adapted to form a mailing envelope when the adhesive edges of said obliquely backfold is turned against and adhesively secured to the corresponding adhesive portions of the underlying or lower fold.

ELIZABETH E. BUNKER. 

